MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
Child and Youth Mental Health Services (CYMHS) QLD
Headspace 1800 650 890
Kids Helpline 1800 551 800
Lifeline 13 11 14
Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
Butterfly Foundation (support for sufferers of eating disorders) 1800 33 4673
or email support@thebutterflyfoundation.org.au
Suicide Call Back 1300 659 467
Survivors of Suicide Bereavement Support Association (SOSBSA) 1300 767 022
MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY GROUPS
Queensland Voice (07) 3252 3999
Queensland Alliance for Mental Health Inc. (QAMH) (07) 3252 9411
LEGAL SUPPORT
QPILCH Mental Health Law Practice (MHLP) (07) 3846 6317
Providing legal support for those with mental health issues or impacted by mental health law
Shine Lawyers 1800 751 004
Legal experts in a range of areas of compensation law; Brisbane branch has history of undertaking cases related to mental health issues
GOVERNMENT BODIES
Queensland Health: Action on Youth Mental Health (Response to COI)
Queensland Mental Health Commission 1300 855 945
National Mental Health Commission (02) 8229 7550
OTHER ASSOCIATED ORGANISATIONS
Health Consumers Queensland (07) 3012 9090
APPROACHES TO YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA
CAMHeleon … Good Experiences for Young Mental Health Inpatients (UK)
IWK Health Centre remodelled into ‘adolescent village’ (Canada)
